hi,
i apologize in advance for the long post
a few days ago i finally decided to root my phone and install a custom rom....and i succeeded in doing that too, but this is where my one and only issue started coming up....
ok, so after rooting, i decided to install villain rom 10.2 (its a great rom by the way)...after installing it, everything was working fine until i opened up the messages area...when i open up a conversation the order of the messages are messed up. And its due to the fact that the time stamps on the messages that i'm receiving are an hour ahead of the time on my phone. And the time on my phone is the correct local time for my area. The time zone that i've set on the phone is GMT+6 (islamabad, karachi)...now as far as i can remember my time zone should be GMT+5 and not 6 due to the fact that we dont use daylight savings time here....and im pretty sure thats what the issue is too. i tried numerous ways to fix this, even tried selecting auto detect time and date from network, but not even that worked.
So, after spending all that time without fixing the issue (im a heavy texter so not having the conversations in order is a problem for me), i decided to try another rom, so i went with villainroms superhero rom...and the same thing occurred with that....
So finally, i've reverted back to my last official rom (1.5)(2.73.405.5)
If anyone has any suggestions on how to fix this, or if they know of a custom rom where this issue doesnt occur please do let me know.
Also,
How can you tell where your phone is from? i have an unbranded htc hero, but how do i know whether its from europe or asia?
and would it be possible for me to flash the official htc 2.1 rom thats on the Taiwan website even if my phone isnt from there?
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I recently went ahead and unrooted my eris so I could call and get a new one sent to me since I'm still under warrantee, and on the other phone I never seemed to have a problem with rooting it and installing the roms. But now for some infuriating reason, every rom I've tried has given me issues within the starting point of loading them. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677097 <- That one loaded perfectly fine, but then my internet would just refuse to work.
I also tried one called Pure Eris I think it was called, but that one would just stay stuck on the loading screen, go black, then go back to the loading screen, not sure how I had the patience to sit through that for an hour assuming it was perhaps just going to take a while. I used this thread as a help to see if I was perhaps doing something wrong http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835758 I did everything it said to do, and then went ahead and found another rom I thought I'd enjoy, but then all of a sudden I'm required to re-activate my phone. When I call to activate, the keypad refuses to show, and I need to press 1 to activate. Hah. It's just been a hair-ripping experience today.
Now I'm attempting to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769624 and HOPING I won't have yet again anymore issues.
Anyone have an idea of what I may be doing wrong even after following those instructions? I'm still new to this so to say, since I've only rooted the eris once before this, and I didn't have a problem until now. Rooted it just the same, and each theme seems to make a new problem arise. Haaaaaalp?
boxfuk said:
I recently went ahead and unrooted my eris so I could call and get a new one sent to me since I'm still under warrantee, and on the other phone I never seemed to have a problem with rooting it and installing the roms. But now for some infuriating reason, every rom I've tried has given me issues within the starting point of loading them. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677097 <- That one loaded perfectly fine, but then my internet would just refuse to work.
I also tried one called Pure Eris I think it was called, but that one would just stay stuck on the loading screen, go black, then go back to the loading screen, not sure how I had the patience to sit through that for an hour assuming it was perhaps just going to take a while. I used this thread as a help to see if I was perhaps doing something wrong http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835758 I did everything it said to do, and then went ahead and found another rom I thought I'd enjoy, but then all of a sudden I'm required to re-activate my phone. When I call to activate, the keypad refuses to show, and I need to press 1 to activate. Hah. It's just been a hair-ripping experience today.
Now I'm attempting to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769624 and HOPING I won't have yet again anymore issues.
Anyone have an idea of what I may be doing wrong even after following those instructions? I'm still new to this so to say, since I've only rooted the eris once before this, and I didn't have a problem until now. Rooted it just the same, and each theme seems to make a new problem arise. Haaaaaalp?
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The last link you put up is a theme, not a Rom. Which ROM are you currently using?
Be sure when changing roms to wipe data and cache. Not doing so will cause a boot loop, which you described above. Also, if you have to reactivate your phone and can't get a dial pad, long press the menu button to bring up the keyboard and use the keyboard numbers.
Sent from my ultra fast Liberated Droid 2
boxfuk said:
I recently went ahead and unrooted my eris so I could call and get a new one sent to me since I'm still under warrantee, and on the other phone I never seemed to have a problem with rooting it and installing the roms. But now for some infuriating reason, every rom I've tried has given me issues within the starting point of loading them. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677097 <- That one loaded perfectly fine, but then my internet would just refuse to work.
I also tried one called Pure Eris I think it was called, but that one would just stay stuck on the loading screen, go black, then go back to the loading screen, not sure how I had the patience to sit through that for an hour assuming it was perhaps just going to take a while. I used this thread as a help to see if I was perhaps doing something wrong http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835758 I did everything it said to do, and then went ahead and found another rom I thought I'd enjoy, but then all of a sudden I'm required to re-activate my phone. When I call to activate, the keypad refuses to show, and I need to press 1 to activate. Hah. It's just been a hair-ripping experience today.
Now I'm attempting to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=769624 and HOPING I won't have yet again anymore issues.
Anyone have an idea of what I may be doing wrong even after following those instructions? I'm still new to this so to say, since I've only rooted the eris once before this, and I didn't have a problem until now. Rooted it just the same, and each theme seems to make a new problem arise. Haaaaaalp?
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I don't know what all roms you have tried that won't boot but there was one person who's phones could not boot my cfsv6 through cfsv8 kernels. I fixed the issue in cfsv9 kernel so check to see if the roms you have tried are using those kernels. I know the one you said booted was an older rom and was not using my kernel. CELBFroyo is using the v9 kernel if you want to test that. If that is your issue you can just download the cfsv9 kernel and flash it after flashing the rom of your choice. It was something to do with the hardware in a small percentage of eris's that the kernel would not work with. Maybe you have the same hardware as that case...
Hi;
I apologies in advance for the long thread, but I want other users to notice the symptoms I faced maybe someone else will benefit from it.important parts are marked in blue
MY galaxy s3 is only 4 months old....I got tempted by rooting and getting all -other- features such as fast recharging, sound hack, trying new roms before they are officially released...etc
anyhow, my phone's troubles showed strange symptoms quite shortly after the second rom being installed....
at first I was not fully aware of the required rooting steps, until I use the galaxy toolbox that rooted my phone easily for me...
then I started noticing the phone would start and everything but noticed (root user notices) take time to show up after boot, it would take approx. 1min then they will show very fast...after that everything is normal so i figured the processor is a little bit loaded...
few weeks later I started using CWM's backup &restore feature , noticed that when I go back to the official Rom, it lags, a lot! , I have to restart the phone at some points because it will stop responding...I started checking processor load and was surprised to see normal non harmful rates...so I forced apps to be closed once I exit them.
few roms and flashings later, the phone started restarting it self randomly,like an old car heating up, it would restart few times then get back to normal state....this would happen whenever i try to change anything in the rom (CM10+nightlies build)
few days ago, whenever the phone received or made a notification sound, I would pick it up and find it turned off! I turned on again and use it normally , no issues....after this happening for 2 times, the phone just died ...PIT partition is non-readable/writable anymore :crying:
I noticed the night this thing happened that, when I restored the rom, it took a longer time, and something was not found but the rom booted normally....
now my phone is in service and they are overloaded with service-warranty requests, so they haven't checked it yet (it has been there for 3-4 days)..I used traingle away on the current rom, no flash counter appears and the binary is official, but the rom appears as custom
notes:
*from the beginning, every step I made was a trial and error to me, I tried rooting once (manually) and I didn't figure it out,until i saw the toolbox that made it easy,,,the first root was amazing, but I rooted again after rom crashed and seems I used a different root that started all that trouble.
*All the mentioned above I believe were symptoms, that I didn't care about since the phone was acting normally after those occurring..I think I should've spotted them earlier.
*There have been 2 overheating incidents, one happened when I forgot the phone in my pants and by mistake i ticked "load new videos from subscriptions in youtube and the phone sucked up around 3gbs that day...it was really really hot when I got back to it.....the other one was when I went to sleep few days ago, I put it under my pillow, woke up with the phone overheated and restarting continuously "might've been doing this all overnight!"
*I insisted -although it was clearly troublesome to my phone- on installing Siyah kernal on every rom "always the latest one", sometimes the phone would keep restarting and I would have to restore a previous rom, sometimes it would go without issues, this happened more oftentimes during the last few weeks and CM10 nightlies offers dialy updates and I had to flash siyah back after every update...now I'm writing it and feeling stupid!
*Official JB roms caused the phone to hang a lot, so I kept using CM10+siyah kernel till the last moment.
now, what I would like to know is:
1- why does that chip get affected?? I never flashed a 3/4 part rom, just using CWM....
2- I decided (if) the phone gets fixed on warranty, to not to root again, I'm having a million guesses as the reason why this happened, including the fast recharging, the continuous flashings and testing (although all are stable roms, only official and CM10 roms), the overheating incidents....etc....I would like to know what you guys think.
If you had read the faqs and guides first you would not have the trouble .
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at first I was not fully aware of the required rooting steps
from the beginning, every step I made was a trial and error to me
I tried rooting once (manually) and I didn't figure it out,
>> basic CF Root is simple as it gets .
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So I've had a S3 for about 6 months by now, and at first, it was running pretty smoothly. Few weeks ago (might even be a month by now) the JB update came out for my phone, so I installed that. Over the past two or so weeks, my phone has been laggy as hell, including random resets. I get a few restarts which the phone does itself, without any input from me. I'm also getting a serious lag whenever I'm attempting to type a message. I'll be able to type my whole message out, but it hasn't shown up on the screen (so the phone's manage to register the touch prompts I make, it just shows them on a 5-10 second delay). This occurs even when the only app I'm running is the messaging one. Further lag issues include receiving messages. My phone will vibrate, then some 5 seconds or so later the message will finally be received by the phone and my ringtone goes off.
I've tried doing a hard reset on the phone, and that hasn't changed anything. Could it be hardware related?
And I'm currently running the stock Aus unbranded ROM, unrooted, no mods (XSADLK3 I think)
I had this issue on my sgs2 when upgraded to ics, only fix at the time was to take back to my carrier for a re flash (they told me if I flashed it myself I'd void the warranty). Dunno if that helps at all.
It could be. Try updating to the latest JB firmware first though.
jimbo1531 said:
I had this issue on my sgs2 when upgraded to ics, only fix at the time was to take back to my carrier for a re flash (they told me if I flashed it myself I'd void the warranty). Dunno if that helps at all.
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Well, I called up Samsung support earlier, and the guy kept suggesting I just restore the phone. Which I had already done at that point. And the carrier I'm on doesn't have a store where I live, I'd have to mail it back to them, have their guys take a look at it and either can my contract or send me a new one
Hi,
This is Sreehari. I asked this question in the "XDA Assist" forum, but since there is no forum for my device I was suggested to post it here.
the following is what my issue is:
I have been sing Gionee Elife E3 from October last year. First 3-4 months it worked without any problem.. But after that, it started to have frequently signal strength problems..
Frequently the signal bars goes from full to cross very fast. I cannot make a call at that time, but if I put the same SIM in another phone there is no problem. Even rebooting the phone doesn't solve the issue. many of my friends started to say that it is impoosible to get me on the phone most of the time..
Then I gave it to the service center and they flashed it.. It worked well from that point for around 2 weeks, then the problems started again.. after that I started flashing it on my own.. I installed the Chinese firmware to install custom ROMs (for Indian firmware custom ROMs were not available till recently) to see how it goes.. I tried the ColorOS over the Chinese firmware and things felt alright for around 2 weeks again.. now the problems started again and more severe than ever.. the phone is practically useless now that it cannot be relied at all..
I completely annoyed and puzzled by these.. if it is a firmware problem how does it go away after flashing and return after sometime? Could it be a problem with the radio/modem software?
I love this phone, it is awesome model and I don't want to leave it.. can anyone help me? I am not an Android developer but I do have some knowledge on flashing, recovery, backups etc. I can post any screenshot or logs as needed.
PS: I have a doubt on its wi-fi range as well since that also seems to drop very fast, not completely sure though..
Sreehari
can anyone help??
Sunday evening, I went through HELL fixing my phone. Once I realized a text wouldn't go through, I tried the data and calling. Only data worked. I've rooted my phones since the Evo 4G and never had this issue before. I called Sprint at 3:30pm, spent an hr which got me nowhere and actually made it worse. She told me to do the ##72786# which shows the MDN and MSID. I've done this in the past for activation sake on previous phones, on the M9 it doesn't allow you to manually change the values which was a major problem. Once i did the reset, both values were the same and incorrect. At this point I was like OH SHIIT, cause I just realized you can't manually input the values. And because those values have to be your number, I knew was screwed...after the restart I lost my LTE as well since Sprint didn't know this was my phone due to no MDN/MSID values. I thought for sure I would have to do a new fresh install which I did NOT want to do as everything with the phone was perfect and a fresh install takes a looot of time to backup everything, reinstall, make sure settings and everything are like before. I told her to activate my S7 and reactivate the M9 to see if that did the trick to force the M9 into hands free activation and push through the MDN/MSID. I wasn't hopeful at all since I activated the M9 BEFORE I rooted it just to be sure and also cause I bought it off ebay so had to make sure all way well.
Once i got off the phone, I started searching on google/xda for a solution. It's quite a specific issue and similar ones were sparse and had a range of reasons for the issue. Mind you, all was well before this, it's basically the stock Venom rom, no major tweaking and this issue just randomly appeared for no apparent reason. I never used Titanium Backup up to this point(1 yr using the phone) or any Rom backups so I was like, might as well since I'm gonna have to start flashing to see if it fixes it. First I flashed the venom rom to see if a fresh flash did the trick...possibly the clean install requests MDN/MSID from Sprint to get the phone working. Didn't fix it. Next, I flashed the stock rooted rom which thankfully I saved when I first rooted the phone. Phone booted up, BINGO! Instant 4g connection. Phew, thank God. Then, I flashed venom again but with a full wipe to see if the stock install carried the MDN/MSID over, didn't fix it. I was so pisssed cause at this point I knew I was screwed.
Mind you, backing up/flashing and at the same time searching and trouble shooting is VERY time consuming! A fresh flash/boot alone takes maybe 10 min. I was also doing some extensive searching for the best SMS/MMS backup out there as I always keep my text records(which I'm making another thread to discuss). It's almost midnight and im PISSSED. My entire Sunday evening wasted and a random stupid problem on my phone that came out of the blue for NO reason. I'm guessing Sprint did some network update and the phone need a Profile/PRL update which it couldnt get. Not sure how that works.
I can't find the thread it was mentioned in, and I searched MANY, but someone mentioned the Sprint PRL patch(for a different issue) in Venom Hub. I didn't think that would do anything as that's preferred roaming list. I had nothing to lose and it was a Sprint specific patch so I tried it. I never used Venom Hub as I mentioned the phone is pretty much stock venom so I didn't know it was there. Prior to this I checked Venom tweaks, nothing of course. Phone restarts, still no data. I go to the settings mainly to see "phone information" and what do you know, "System Updates" is there. I click Update Profile, phone restarts, and BAM we are back online! You have no idea how happy I was! Was able to keep my phone as it was with no wipe/fresh start!
I don't know why software updates was removed in the first place! That's why I NEVER had this issue or data/call/text issues on previous phones, as I would periodically do a Profile/PRL update for good measure. Any1 know why it was removed?!? This is a vital feature to have on the phone! Mind you I never had issues, but you have no other options once you do run into an issue like this other than to do the Profile update. I don't see why they removed it, it's not bothering anything or taking up space/resources/etc. To my understanding from prior phones and years of rooting, it's standard procedure to do Profile/PRL updates from time to time to "sync/update" the phone when network/tower updates are done with Sprint.
I know this post is looong, but I literally spent from 3:30pm to 1:30am this Sunday talking to Sprint, flashing, backing up, researching. I was beyond pissed as the hrs went by with no solution on hand(I did NOT want to start fresh). This is my first post ever and my first time becoming a member for this reason. This issue is rare as I never, ever had an issue like this, but if any1 else out there runs into it, I hope they find this thread!